The Shelby Township Police Department is accepting applications for enrollment in the spring session of its popular Citizens Police Academy.

The free academy offers residents and business owners a glimpse inside of police operations through a series of two-hour classes held over six weeks. The spring program begins April 2.

Instruction focuses on two areas of police work each session. Among the topics slated for discussion in the spring section are:

• Criminal law and police procedures;

• Narcotics and vice investigations;

• K-9 unit• Criminal investigations;

• Traffic stops, accident investigations and alcohol enforcement;

• Juvenile procedures;• Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Watch

• Crime scene processing.Back by popular demand, officials said, are classes conducted by 41A District Court Judge Douglas Shepherd and another conducted by a member of the Macomb County prosecutor’s office.

Held twice each year, once in the spring and again in the fall, the Citizens Police Academy is open to any Shelby Township residents or business owners age 18 or older with no felony convictions nor misdemeanor convictions within the past three years.

Applications are available online through the township’s website, www.shelbytwp.org. Click on the links for “police department” link and then Citizens Police Academy. Applications also are available at the front desk of the police department. The deadline for the submission of applications is March 22.

Enrollment is limited to 45 persons. Applications submitted after enrollment is filled will be carried over to the fall session.